Internal Audit Manager

Restaurant Brands; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Restaurant Brands is seeking a Regional Internal Audit Leader to direct risk-based audit activities across NZ and AU, covering financial, operational, compliance, technology and restaurant operations. You will deliver trusted insights to executives, strengthen controls and protect business value, while leading a small team and reporting to executive governance forums.

You will develop the NZ & AU risk assessment and annual audit plan, ensuring high-quality audits across multiple environments and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, risk, information systems or a related field.
• CIA, CA, CPA, CISA or similar professional qualification preferred.
• 8+ years' experience in Internal Audit, Risk, Controls Assurance or a related discipline.
• Big Four or professional services experience preferred.
• Previous experience in retail, hospitality, QSR or other multi-site environments.
• Provenexperience leading audits and developing audit plans.
• Experience presenting complex findings to senior leadership.
• Strongpeople leadership and coaching capability.
• Experience assessing and improving business processes, systems and controls.
• Ability to travel across New Zealand and Australia as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead Regional Audit Delivery.
• Develop and execute the NZ & AU risk assessment and annual audit plan.
• Deliver high-quality internal audits across operational, financial, compliance and technology environments.
• Ensure audits are completed efficiently, professionally and in line with global internal audit standards.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal control frameworks.
• Identify improvement opportunities and deliver practical, commercially focused recommendations.
• Monitor remediation actions and provide escalation of significant risks where required.
• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across New Zealand and Australia.
• Present meaningful insights and recommendations to executives and governance forums.
• Support Audit & Risk Committee reporting and engagement with external assurance providers.
• Coach, mentor and develop a small team of audit professionals.
• Drive a culture of quality, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Use analytics and continuous monitoring techniques to identify trends, fraud indicators and control weaknesses.
• Support sensitive investigations involving fraud, misconduct or operational losses.
• Partner with operational teams to strengthen business resilience and risk management.

Skills

Team leadership

Risk assessment

Internal controls

Fraud investigations

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Audit delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/business/risk/information systems

CIA/CA/CPA/CISA or similar professional qualification

Job description

About us:

Restaurant Brands purpose is to be a thriving business builton brands that employees and customers love and trust. We have amazing globalbrands; KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Carl’s Jr and have over 250 restaurantsin NZ, employing over 4,500 staff in NZ and serve over 60,000 customers a day!Globally Restaurant Brands also operates in Australia with over 70 stores undereither the KFC or Taco Bell brand, together with KFC and Taco Bell operationsin California and Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in Hawaii, Guam and Saipan.

About the Role:

Reporting to the Audit & Risk Director, you'lllead the delivery of risk-based internal audit activities across financial,operational, compliance, technology and restaurant operations. You'll providetrusted insights to executive leaders, support strategic decision-making, andidentify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls and protectbusiness value.

This is a highly visible leadership role that combines:

• Teamleadership and development
• Data-drivenassurance and risk assessment
• Internalcontrols and governance oversight
• Fraud,misconduct and loss-prevention investigations
• Executiveand Audit & Risk Committee reporting

What You'll Be Doing:

Lead Regional Audit Delivery

• Developand execute the NZ & AU risk assessment and annual audit plan.
• Deliverhigh-quality internal audits across operational, financial, compliance andtechnology environments.
• Ensureaudits are completed efficiently, professionally and in line with globalinternal audit standards.

Strengthen Governance & Controls

• Evaluatethe effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controlframeworks.
• Identifyimprovement opportunities and deliver practical, commercially focusedrecommendations.
• Monitorremediation actions and provide escalation of significant risks whererequired.

Influence Senior Stakeholders

• Buildtrusted relationships with senior leaders across New Zealand andAustralia.
• Presentmeaningful insights and recommendations to executives and governanceforums.
• SupportAudit & Risk Committee reporting and engagement with externalassurance providers.

Lead and Develop a High-Performing Team

• Coach,mentor and develop a small team of audit professionals.
• Drivea culture of quality, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Supportcapability building across the broader audit function.

Leverage Data & Investigations

• Useanalytics and continuous monitoring techniques to identify trends, fraudindicators and control weaknesses.
• Supportsensitive investigations involving fraud, misconduct or operationallosses.
• Partnerwith operational teams to strengthen business resilience and riskmanagement.

What You'll Bring:

We're looking for a confident and commercially astute auditprofessional who can balance independence with strong partnership.
Essential Experience.

• Bachelor'sdegree in accounting, Finance, Business, Risk, Information Systems or arelated field.
• CIA,CA, CPA, CISA or similar professional qualification preferred.
• 8+years' experience in Internal Audit, Risk, Controls Assurance or a relateddiscipline.
• BigFour or professional services experience preferred
• Previousexperience in retail, hospitality, QSR or other multi-site environments.
• Provenexperience leading audits and developing audit plans.
• Experiencepresenting complex findings to senior leadership.
• Strongpeople leadership and coaching capability.
• Experienceassessing and improving business processes, systems and controls.
• Abilityto travel across New Zealand and Australia as required.

Why Join Us?

This is a rare opportunity to step into a regionalleadership role where your work will directly influence business performance,operational excellence and risk management.

• Significantvisibility with executive leadership
• Theopportunity to shape audit strategy and capability
• Adiverse mix of operational, financial and technology audits
• Leadershipresponsibility with genuine impact
• Exposureto a large, dynamic and fast-paced multi-site business environment